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Daily News23 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 23.02.2023( India remains a ‘bright spot’, to contribute 15% of global growth in 2023: IMF, Mohiniyattam artiste Kanak Rele no more, Who do voters credit (or blame) for the provision of health services?, Who is responsible for healthcare in India: the government or individual?, Dickinsonia fossil’ found in Bhimbetka is old beehive, Only children above 6 must get Class 1 admission: govt., Carbon trading should help India to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuel, India can become a biodiversity champion)

1. India remains a ‘bright spot’, to contribute 15% of global growth in 2023: IMF India continues to remain a relative “bright spot” in the world economy, and will alone contribute 15% of the global growth in 2023, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said. While digitisation pulled out the world’s fifth-largest economy […]

Daily News21 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 21.02.2023 (Centre may notify emissions trading scheme by June, Only Parliament can amend the law to provide a uniform marriage age, says top court, The sense of urgency to fix the GST regime’s flaws seems to have ebbed, Authorities must not ignore what happens in homes run by NGOs ,Slow progress to creating a safe workplace for women, More animals, less forest cover)

1. Centre may notify emissions trading scheme by June For a cleaner future: Generation of solar thermal power is among the activities that will be eligible for trading carbon credits. Sectors will be given energy efficiency targets and companies that exceed these targets will get ‘credits’ or certificates that they can bank or sell to firms that […]

Daily News20 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 20.02.2023 ( Indians go West, take up ‘residence by investment’, Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully completes key test, ‘Selfie With Daughter’ to focus on sex workers in G-20 countries, The curious case of the disqualification of a politician, A picture of Islam that is quite different, The SC on sealed cover jurisprudence,‘Regional disparities will increase in the absence of assistance to poor States’, India plans to export solar power: official)

1. Indians go West, take up ‘residence by investment’ High net-worth individuals are making a beeline for such programmes in U.S., Portugal, Australia, Malta and Greece in search of better opportunities, healthcare, quality of life and education Pankaj Sharma, 50, moved to Canada in 2019. He followed his wife, Pooja Tandon, an IT professional who was […]

Daily News19 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 19.02.2023 ( 12 cheetahs from South Africa enter quarantine in Kuno National Park, Rhododendrons carpet Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas, Why environmental surveillance for avian influenza is vital, Second aubrite meteorite found in India in 170 years, How is the stock market regulated in India?)

1. 12 cheetahs from South Africa enter quarantine in Kuno National Park IAF aircraft carrying seven males and five females landed at Gwalior airport, and the animals were taken to their new home by helicopter; they will be kept in quarantine for at least a month before being moved into acclimatisation enclosures Twelve cheetahs arrived […]

Daily News18 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 18.02.2023(Over 1,000 pangolins poached and trafficked in India in past five years, Article 370 case: CJI pledges to take call on listing of pleas, ‘Global slowdown path still uncertain, India to decouple’ , Parliament should remain a forum for free debate and discussion , The Centre’s suggestions on changes in MGNREGS seem misguided )

1. Over 1,000 pangolins poached and trafficked in India in past five years An Indian Pangolin at the Kanha reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Two species of pangolin are found in India. On the eve of World Pangolin Day observed on February 18, a not-for-profit organisation working on the international trade of animals and plants, has […]

Daily News17 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 17.02.2023(Modi opens Aadi Mahotsav, says world has a lot to learn from tribes, SC set to pronounce order today on whether a Speaker under notice can disqualify legislators, 12 cheetahs from South Africa likely to reach India today, India accounts for 52% of world’s new leprosy patients, says Mandaviya, Deep sea fish conservation must not go adrift)

1. Modi opens Aadi Mahotsav, says world has a lot to learn from tribes Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Aadi Mahotsav, the mega National Tribal Festival, in New Delhi on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the TRIFED’s Aadi Mahotsav tribal festival in New Delhi, and said that the coming together of the […]

Daily News16 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 16.02.2023(Eye on China, Cabinet clears 7 ITBP battalions, Indigenous carrier Vikrant will be operational by year-end: Navy chief, Governor should not enter political arena: CJI, ‘Protest calendar for 2023-24 ready to press for Statehood for Ladakh’, HAL to provide maintenance and overhaul support for MQ-9B drone engines in India, Warm water melts Antarctica’s glacier: study, China must take a haircut on its loans to poor countries, says India’s G-20 Sherpa, Govt. monitoring imports to detect any surge that can hurt economy: FM, The real issues in J&K are statehood and special status, more than delimitation , The role of welfare schemes and policies for the Parhaiyas of Jharkhand, A manifesto for tackling the silent pandemic of AMR)

1. Eye on China, Cabinet clears 7 ITBP battalions Adding muscle: The strength of the ITBP will increase to 97,000, making it the fourth largest Central Armed Police Force. Over 9,000 personnel to be recruited for deployment in Arunachal Pradesh; ₹4,800 cr. sanctioned under the Vibrant Villages Programme to stop migration and boost tourism in border […]

Daily News15 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 15.02.2023(Wholesale inflation eased to 4.7% in January, Army set to close around 80 deals worth ₹15,000 cr., says Gen. Pande, Untamed inflation risks hurting domestic consumption , Absolute vesting of powers in the GSI may impede palaeontological research, Ladakh, a fragile region, needs autonomy)

1. Wholesale inflation eased to 4.7% in January India’s wholesale price inflation cooled further in January to a two-year low of 4.73% from 4.95% in December, thanks to a slight decline in manufactured products’ price rise and fuel and power inflation, even as pace of inflation in food and primary articles hardened sequentially. January marks […]

Daily News12 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 12.02.2023 (The cuts run deep,Constitutional values will help to fight inequality: CJI, DRDO asks industry to join fifth generation fighter development)

1. The cuts run deep From geopolitics and religion to the police, the Central Board of Film Certification’s ambit has grown beyond traditional concerns The on-screen version of the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan introduces one of the villain’s henchmen as an ex-SBU agent. The SBU, or the Sluzhba Bespeky Ukrayiny, is the Security Service of Ukraine. However, […]

Daily News10 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 10.02.2023( Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D2 will lift off from Sriharikota today, For Brus, feeling rootedness in the vote, Price stability is a must for a durable economic recovery, Exploring the blue in the India-France partnership, India must avoid growing into a dystopia )

1. Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D2 will lift off from Sriharikota today It will inject three satellites — ISRO’s EOS-07, U.S.-based Antaris’s Janus-1 and Chennai-based Space Kidz’s AzaadiSAT-2 — into a 450-km orbit The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will undertake the second development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) on Friday from Sriharikota. The […]

Daily News8 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 08.02.2023(CAR T-cell therapy: the next step towards a holistic treatment of cancer, India, Russia continue discussion to evolve a payment mechanism, ‘Oil still needed while world transitions to clean energy systems’, Fiscal consolidation in the context of the Budget, Neglecting the health sector has consequences)

1. CAR T-cell therapy: the next step towards a holistic treatment of cancer Scanning electron micrograph of a healthy human T-cell; a 3D render of T-cells attacking cancer cells. As cancer is a disease which constantly evolves to evade treatment, we need to keep developing more sophisticated therapies with as few-side effects as possible. A new […]

Daily News7 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 07.02.2023 ( SC to ascertain if woman is detained at home to prevent contact with her same-sex partner,The freedom of speech and an ‘adolescent India’,Jammu, village defence and governance,Russian envoy calls for normalisation of India-China relations,With swearing-in of five new judges, SC now just 2 short of full strength,Opposition’s call for JPC probe continues to stall Parliament,Naval LCA lands on Vikrant, first aeroplane to touch down, India’s growing energy demand offers investment opportunities: PM )

1. SC to ascertain if woman is detained at home to prevent contact with her same-sex partner The Supreme Court on Monday decided to ascertain if a young woman in Kerala is being detained by her parents to avoid any contact with her same-sex partner or whether she is simply staying at home of her […]